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KANPUR: Senior BJP leader and Kanpur MP Murli Mahohar Joshi has received an invitation to inaugurate an upgraded madrasa in Kanpur and address its students. According to madrasa Principal Mohammad Mehraj , "we had contacted local BJP leaders a month ago expressing our desire to get the madrasa' inaugurated by Joshi, to which he had agreed. " However, a controversy has broken out in this regard with the local BJP leaders receiving reports that the madrasa has already been inaugurated.

KANPUR: IIT Kanpur today kicked off its placement drive with around 1290 students from B Tech, B Tech Dual and M Tech courses registering themselves. The placement drive started today and will continue till December 24. As many as 1290 students of B Tech, B Tech Dual and M Tech have registered themselves for the placements so far. More students are expected to register for the same, Professor Deepu Philip , chairman, IIT Kanpur's placement cell said. At least 250 companies including MNC's and Indian PSU's have agreed to come to the campus for placements.

KANPUR: Local BJP leaders today alleged that Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti was not provided security according to the protocol during her visit to Kanpur Dehat area here. They also alleged that the minister was also not given government vehicle for her visit last night. A delegation led by BJP district president Surendra Maithani today met City Magistrate Ashutosh Agnihotry and handed over a memorandum. However, the Magistrate said that a government vehicle was sent receive the Union minister but it did not reach the station on time.

LUCKNOW: BJP senior leader and Kanpur MP Murli Manohar Joshi today met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and discussed plan to develop his constituency as a defence hub. "This important work can be done in Kanpur as Defence Minister (Manohar Parrikar) is now a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh and the City can be developed as a defence hub," Joshi told reporters here. He said that there are four to five ordnance factories in the city along with HAL and IIT. "At present Kanpur generates revenue of Rs 10,000 crore, if it is developed as a defence hub, this revenue could be around 20,000 to 25,000 crore," he said.

KANPUR (UTTAR PRADESH): Akbarpur MP Devendra Singh Bhole today said he has decided to adopt Tikwapur village in the district under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'MP Model Village' scheme. "I have decided to adopt Tikwapur village in Ghatampur of Kanpur Nagar district to develop it into a model village under the 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojna'," the BJP MP said. "The village has remained underdeveloped since the time of Britishers. It is also the birthplace of Hindi poet Kavi Bhushan," Bhole added.

KANPUR: The BJP workers here were left disappointed over the non-representation of names of senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi and Devendra Singh Bhole in the cabinet reshuffle. Despite winning seats in the LS elections from the two constituencies of Kanpur and breaking the 15-year-old Congress and BSP rule, the two MPs were not inducted in the yesterday's cabinet reshuffle. Senior BJP leader Murli, who defeated Congress leader Sriprakash Jaiswal, was not a part of swearing-in.

KANPUR: BJP MP Murli Manohar Joshi will adopt a village outside his constituency Kanpur as not a single village here fulfilled the criteria for adoption. Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of MPs' model village scheme under which parliamentarians will adopt one village in their respective constituencies, Joshi had asked BJP's Kanpur unit to find a village for adoption. We reviewed all villages in Kanpur but not a single village was deemed fit for adoption, Kanpur BJP district president Surendra Maithani said today.

Kanpur: As part of the nation-wide celebrations for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birth anniversary on October 31, BJP here has decided to invite all political parties and members of civil society for 'Run for Unity'. A decision has been taken to invite representatives from all political parties such as Congress, Samwajwadi Party , Bahujan Samaj Party , Kanpur BJP district President Surendra Maithani said. "We are inviting former Congress MP and Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal as well as local Congress, SP and BSP MLAs besides inviting members of civil society to keep the event above party politics," he said.

NEW DELHI: The semi-high speed train that proposes to reduce travelling time between Delhi and Agra to 105 minutes will be named Gatimaan Express and will have LCD TVs installed behind each seat and emergency braking system. To be flagged off from New Delhi station next month, the train's name has been chosen because of its capability of running at 160 km per hour speed, the maximum till date in Indian Railways, a senior Railway Ministry official said. Equipped with comfortable seating arrangement, there will be eight-inch LCD TV screens installed behind each seat, the official said, adding there will also be automatic fire alarm with emergency braking system and passenger information system.

KANPUR: Air India flight services between Delhi and Kanpur have been suspended for two weeks for maintenance work, airline officials said today. "I received an email from the Delhi head office intimating that due to some technical reasons Air India flight services between Delhi and Kanpur have been suspended for two weeks after which the services will be resumed," Air India Manager, Kanpur Airport, B S Negi told PTI. It is quite common to suspend flight services for maintenance work, Negi said.